Meanings
trollfeeding1
- InternetuncountableThe practice of feeding the troll.
The person you are replying to is merely taking whatever position will get the biggest response. Anything Alan Hicks posts will be disagreed with, no matter how reasonable or correcty it is. Those who persist in the practice of trollfeeding are in danger of being killfiled.
2004 July 6, Alan Macon, “Re: Measuring the speed of Linux distributions”, in alt.os.linux.slackware (Usenet)
trollfeeding2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trollfeed
Origin
trollfeeding · noun
From troll (“person who makes or posts inflammatory statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument”) + feed. See feed the troll.
Full word history & related roots →trollfeeding · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
trollfeeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trollfeeding
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